Wakaliwood: Uganda's action-packed movies

19 Mar 2019

In the middle of Wakaliga, a slum in Uganda's capital Kampala, Isaac Nabwana has been shooting low-budget action films for eight years. He is now an international star.

By Deutsche Welle

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